by Alethea Drexler archives assistant We’re back! I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. This week’s post features our vintage Castle steam sterilizer: This one is a small model–the box is about a foot long and seven inches tall–that seems to have been popular for specialty instruments (which would have been used in smaller […]
Thingamajig answer
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant The research center will be closed until Monday for the Thanksgiving holiday, so I’m moving the blog post up a couple of days. Last week’s Thingamajig was an H.G Fischer x-ray power source. A similar one can be seen here at the online Museum of Electrotherapy. The Museum’s model may […]
Thingamajig
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant Hey, it’s the Thingamajig! Remember the Thingamajig? I almost didn’t, either! This edition of Thingamajig features an object that has been hanging out at the McGovern Research Center for a long time but was only recently identified (yes, I will be able to post an answer for you next week). […]
Collection reflects changes in nursing school
By Brenda Gunter, MLIS archives intern Gunter processed the Connie Brady collection as part of her practicum at the McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center. Connie Brady was a nursing student at the Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in San Angelo, Texas, from 1960 to 1964. The nursing school in San Angelo […]
Some of our favorite websites
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I’m sure you’ve noticed that I like to link to other pages in my blog posts. Phil and I have come across some very interesting, and often very fun, websites–usually while trying in vain to uncover the identity of a Thingamajig–and he suggested that we do a post to share […]
Sanborn Viso Cardiette model 51
by Alethea Drexler Archives assistant Phil Montgomery is setting up a display of vintage medical machines today in the main library. I thought I’d share one of them with our blog readers. If you’re in the library, I hope you’ll go see it in person. This is the Sanborn Viso-Cardiette, model 51, a portable (“portable” […]
The Texas Medical Center through the years: Aerial images
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I’ve had this post on my mind for awhile but it took some time to put it together. I think it’s pretty self-explanatory, but still of interest. (Click on the images to see larger versions.) 1. We know what the Medical Center looks like now: Pavement as far as the […]
Baylor College of Medicine: Roy and Lillie Cullen Building
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant This set of photographs is P-2696, images of Baylor College of Medicine‘s Roy and Lillie Cullen Building when it was new in 1948. The photographer seems to have had quite a flair for the dramatic. We are familiar with the beautiful Art Deco design on the outside of the Cullen […]
Medical moulage
by Alethea Drexler Archives assistant We have a new toy at the Research Center, and just in time for Hallowe’en! Archivist Phil Montgomery joined our department this past spring after a stretch with the Woodson Research Center at Rice University. In the 1920’s, the Woodson was home to the Rice Parasite Museum, which Phil says […]
Writing Home: Selections from the Texas Hospital Postcard Collection
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant The McGovern Research Center’s collection of postcards of Texas hospitals has been online for quite a while, and can be accessed through our website. Our postcard images are arranged alphabetically by town, and you can see scans of both sides of the card. Most cards are still blank on the […]